


He was one of at least nine children, most of whom were girls. Thumper was born, possibly on August 28, to Papa and Mama Bunny. Thumper is a rabbit and the fun-loving best friend of Bambi who tries to help him in any way even if physically unable to. For each pairing, respondents were asked to indicate the “cuter” character of the two (telling them “cute” means behaviors or traits that are “cuddly, affectionate, playful, and so on.” The characters were then scored based on their “win percentage” (i.e., how often were they selected as cuter in a head-to-head matchup). Thumper is a rabbit who is good friends with Bambi and Flower. adults, randomly assigning each respondent 20 different characters, which appeared in 10 head-to-head matchups. Those two were followed by Lady, Patch, Winnie the Pooh, Lucky, Tweety, Simba, Nala and Dumbo.įor the survey, YouGov generated a list of 114 characters based on suggestions from 448 panelists only fictional, non-human characters were included. The company plans to launch a “Cuteness Tracker” on its website, which will be populated in the coming months with new characters, in the hopes it “will have a special kind of resonance,” the rep said.įor the record, the overall winner across all age groups was Thumper - by a nose, beating out Bambi by just one-tenth of a percentage point. Much of the recent research from U.K.-based YouGov has centered around the COVID-19 crisis, and the firm decided the project would serve as some welcome “counterprogramming,” according to a spokesperson. What inspired this urgent examination of the question over which of Hollywood’s anthropomorphic toons are the most appealing?
